摘要
生长分化因子15(GDF-15)是细胞因子超家族转化生长因子-β中的成员。在生理条件下GDF-15在心肌中呈弱表达,而在诸多病理条件下其表达水平增加。越来越多的证据表明,GDF-15水平升高是心血管疾病的一种很有价值的预后标志物。此外,GDF-15对心肌细胞具有内源性抗肥厚和拮抗心脏缺血/再灌注损伤的性质。GDF-15正在成为评估和管理心脏病患者的一种很有前途的生物学标志物,并对心肌细胞具有潜在的保护作用。
Growth-differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is a distant member of the transforming growth fac-tor-β cytokine superfamily. In myocardium, GDF-15 is weakly expressed under physiological conditions.However, its expression level is increased in response to pathological stress. Growing evidence indicatesthat the elevated level of GDF-15 is a promising prognostic biomarker in cardiovascular diseases. Moreover,GDF-15 exhibits the properties of endogenous anti-hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and protecting the heartfrom ischemia and reperfusion insult.
出处
《心脏杂志》
CAS
2014年第3期361-365,共5页
Chinese Heart Journal
关键词
生长分化因子15
心血管疾病
标志物
growth-differentiation factor 15
biomarker
cardiovascular disease
protection